My sister-in-law has recently been going on about seeing some kitchens in Manchester. I figured shed just been feeling hungry, but it works out she was referring to visiting newer and more effective fitted kitchens on display at various local showrooms. I figured that in order to be helpful Id tag along, not expecting very much. Boy, was I wrong.
Ive always been fairly pleased with my kitchen. or at best Ive were able to fool myself into believing which i was pleased with our kitchen whilst simultaneously managing to prevent looking at it with the kind of critical eye anyone would use if coming across it for the first time.
Sadly, having wandering around taking a look at fitted kitchens in Manchester I have had arrive at the realisation that I happen to be fooling myself for a lot too much time, which there is no longer any excuse.
I believe my kitchen problems really began to escalate after i started not having enough space to place things. Which was back in 1992, about 3 days after I moved in. Ever since then Ive simply become more creative either in what I buy, or where I stick things.
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Ive even caught myself wandering the supermarket aisles choosing food not by its taste, quality, price or make, but by the shape and size from the packaging, and whether it will fit into the space obtainable in the cupboard.
That isnt to claim that Ive got a small kitchen. That it is quite big. And its not as though I dont have sufficient cupboard space. The amount of space being occupied by cupboards is very good. it is simply which i cant use most from it.
The 2 cupboard storage problems I have are usually universally shared by those who have not already benefitted from modern fitted kitchens. Manchester was a revelation in my experience, making me realise the issues Id with storage, or at best face them. The very first issue is the corner unit.
You know the one - its in the actual corner of the room, where two units join. Theres bags of space in the corner itself, which is possible to reach into that space. I did it once.
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I managed to reach the back corner of our kitchen cupboard by lying on the ground bending my return so far as it might go without my neck snapping, reached along with one arm, blindly paddling around in the darkness until I were able to stick my fingers into the old food blender Id forgotten about, neatly cutting two fingers in such a way that I couldnt type for several days. Harmful to a writer. So I sort of threw in the towel on that cupboard.
The other storage problem I became aware of while looking round at all of the fitted kitchens in Manchester with my sister-in-law was that the shelves in the cupboards were precisely the wrong height. Who designed these shelves?
Theyre exactly one and three quarters tins high. Quite simply, you cannot stack two standard tins along with one another, so all things have to become stored on one level, leaving an enormous cavity thats un-used. With the addition of inside a handful of extra shelves, or permitting some flexibility within the height theyd be much more useful.
But when i wandered around looking at all of the fitted kitchens Manchester appeared to be offering me it became perfectly clear that im not alone - which kitchen designers happen to be aware of the same problems plaguing average folks mortals.
The opportunities for innovative storage are enormous. Forget about slicing fingers off. Forget about wasted shelf space. From tall, sliding units that fit near the fridge to carousel corner units, double depth drawers and even chilled drawers for keeping vegetables in so the fridge isnt full are only a some of the novel ways that kitchen storage has been dealt with.
Thinking that a number of this sounds awfully familiar for you, then pop out yourself sometimes and have a take a look at a few of the modern fitted kitchens Manchester has available, or wherever you happen to be, and discover how kitchens ought to be, rather than the way they were in 1992.
